{"id":2436,"date":"2008-07-15T01:08:10","date_gmt":"2008-07-14T19:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/?p=2436"},"modified":"2008-07-15T01:51:38","modified_gmt":"2008-07-14T20:21:38","slug":"bmw-facelifts-3-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/bmw-facelifts-3-series\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW facelifts 3-series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/bmw_3-series_facelift_interior.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft alignnone size-full wp-image-2437\" style=\"float: left;\" title=\"bmw_3-series_facelift_front\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/bmw_3-series_facelift_front.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2438\" title=\"bmw_3-series_facelift_interior\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/bmw_3-series_facelift_interior.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/bmw_3-series_facelift_rear.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2439\" title=\"bmw_3-series_facelift_rear\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/bmw_3-series_facelift_rear.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>BMW has come up with a new facelifted 3-series to meet the new challengers &#8211; Audi A4 and Mercedes C-class. Changes are made with a new look,a new engine and an introduction of new transmission system. Styling revision includes a redesigned front bumper (less edgy), rounded grille,newly contoured bonnet,reworked headlamps, sharper side skirt and an all new graphics.Also new are the side mirrors, taillamps and a slightly revised bootlid.\u00a0 With this facelift BMW introduces new \u2018BluePerformance\u2019 brand &#8211; the firm\u2019s equivalent to Mercedes\u2019 BlueTec. The first BluePerfomance car will be a 330d fitted with a NOx trap, which will meet the forthcoming EU6 emissions regulations. However we don&#8217;t see any possiblity of BMW introducing this engine in India. Also new in the facelifted 3-series is the new\u00a0 seven-speed dual clutch transmission (DCT) launched in the M3 cabriolet. The 318d also gets the option of a new six-speed automatic. The interior gets a new look as well, with improved trim, a new center armrest and a second-generation iDrive system with four selector buttons for commonly used features such as the stereo. The iDrive system also gets a new 8.8in LCD display, and there\u2019s an optional 80Gb hard drive music and navigation system as well. The new 3-series may hit the Indian market as well in 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BMW has come up with a new facelifted 3-series to meet the new challengers &#8211; Audi A4 and Mercedes C-class. Changes are made with a new look,a new engine and an introduction of new transmission system. Styling revision includes a redesigned front bumper (less edgy), rounded grille,newly contoured bonnet,reworked headlamps, sharper side skirt and an &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/bmw-facelifts-3-series\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BMW facelifts 3-series&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[1015,314,298,1471,1573,43,1142,149,45,1522],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}